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察

chá

HSK 4 Character

What 察 means

1. to examine
2. to inquire
3. to observe
4. to inspect
5. to look into
6. obvious
7. clearly evident

Other readings

察 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Cháshort name for Chahar Province {察哈尔|Chá hā ěr}
• chávariant of {察|chá}

Example sentences

• 警察！
  Police!
• 叫警察！
  Call the police!
• 叫警察。
  Please call the police.
• 是警察！
  It's the cops!
• 警察醉了。
  The policeman was drunk.
• 警察会来吗？
  Will the police come?

Words starting with 察

• 察觉chá juéto sense; to perceive; to become aware of
• 察看chá kànto watch; to look carefully at
• 察言观色chá yán guān sèto weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)…
• 察察chá cháclean; spotless
• 察纳chá nàto investigate and accept
• 察验chá yànto examine
• 察合台Chá gě táiChagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan
• 察察为明chá chá wéi míngkeenly observant of trivial details
• 察访chá fǎngto make an investigative visit; to go and find out from the source
• 察哈尔Chá hā ěrChahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
• 察雅县Chá yǎ XiànZhag'yab, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市
• 察尔汗盐湖Chá ěr hán Yán húQarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
• 察隅县Chá yú XiànZayu, a county in Nyingchi City 林芝市
• 察布查尔锡伯自治县Chá bù chá ěr Xī bó Zì zhì xiànQapqal Xibe Autonomous County, in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州
• 察哈尔右翼中旗Chá hā ěr yòu yì zhōng qíChahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布
• 察哈尔右翼前旗Chá hā ěr yòu yì qián qíChahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布
• 察哈尔右翼后旗Chá hā ěr yòu yì hòu qíChahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布
• 察布查尔Chá bù chá ěrsee 察布查尔锡伯自治县
• 察雅Chá yǎsee 察雅县
• 察布查尔县Chá bù chá ěr Xiànsee 察布查尔锡伯自治县
• 察隅Chá yúsee 察隅县

Words containing 察

• 警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
• 观察guān cháto observe; to watch; to survey
• 考察kǎo cháto inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
• 视察shì cháto inspect; an investigation
• 警察局jǐng chá júpolice station; police department; police headquarters
• 侦察zhēn cháto investigate a crime; to scout; to reconnoiter
• 觉察jué cháto sense; to perceive; to come to realize
• 检察院jiǎn chá yuànprosecutor's office; procuratorate
• 检察官jiǎn chá guānpublic prosecutor; public procurator…
• 勘察kān cháto reconnoiter; to explore; to survey
• 检察jiǎn cháto inspect; (law) to prosecute; to investigate
• 监察jiān cháto supervise; to control
• 侦察员zhēn chá yuándetective; investigator; scout
• 洞察dòng cháto see clearly
• 人民警察rén mín jǐng chácivil police; PRC police
• 观察员guān chá yuánobserver
• 洞察力dòng chá lìinsight
• 观察家guān chá jiāobserver (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs)
• 观察力guān chá lìpower of observation; perception
• 体察tǐ cháto experience; to observe
• 考察团kǎo chá tuáninspection team
• 侦察机zhēn chá jīsurveillance aircraft; spy plane
• 观察者guān chá zhěobserver
• 侦察兵zhēn chá bīnga scout; spy

Characters that look like 察

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 黎lí(literary) black; dark; many
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 寝qǐn(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom…
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window

Sounds the same

Read chá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 茶tea; tea plant
• 查to research; to check; to investigate
• 茬stubble (crop residue); stubble (hair growth); classifier for a batch of sth produced…
• 叉to cross; be stuck
• 搽to apply (ointment, powder); to smear; to paint on
• 碴fault; glass fragment; quarrel
• 楂fell trees; raft; to hew
• 槎a raft made of bamboo or wood; to fell trees; to hew
• 檫Chinese sassafras; Sassafras tzumu
• 猹Badger-like wild animal
• 𥻗(bound form) coarsely ground maize
• 垞mound; small hill; (used in place names)